The lockscreen on Elephone P9000 devices (running Android 6.0) allows physically proximate attackers to bypass a wrong-PIN lockout feature by pressing backspace after each PIN guess.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Android | 6.0 (including) | 6.0 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/6kajkc/elephone_p9000_lock_screen_lockout_bypass_with/
- https://www.security.nl/posting/522081/Schermvergrendeling+Elephone+P9000+door+lek+te+omzeilen
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-011/?fid=9707
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Elephone-P9000-Lock-Screen-Lockout-Bypass/?page=1\u0026year=0\u0026month=0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyzonP2eZw
- https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/6kajkc/elephone_p9000_lock_screen_lockout_bypass_with/
- https://www.security.nl/posting/522081/Schermvergrendeling+Elephone+P9000+door+lek+te+omzeilen
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-011/?fid=9707
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Elephone-P9000-Lock-Screen-Lockout-Bypass/?page=1\u0026year=0\u0026month=0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwyzonP2eZw